When i see they fight, my heart is broken💔

This is a touching (and ultimately heartbreaking) wordless comic story titled something like “Angel of Hope” (as shown on the balloon). It follows a little schoolboy who desperately wants his parents to stop fighting and live happily together again.
Here’s the full sequence explained panel-by-panel:

The boy is happily running home from school, excited to see his parents. Lightning (symbolizing tension) is already striking the house in the background.
A family photo of the smiling parents floats away into the sky, then turns into a tiny photo tied to a red balloon that drifts higher and higher until it disappears. → This symbolizes his happy family slowly slipping away and becoming just a distant memory.
The boy bursts into the house full of joy… only to find his parents relaxed on the couch (seemingly peaceful at first).
Later he comes home again. The house looks calm from the outside, but inside he finds his parents screaming and fighting violently in the kitchen. He’s terrified and runs away crying, holding a toy hammer (he’s too small to stop them).
Nighttime: The boy is outside holding a big pink balloon labeled “Angel of Hope” with a little angel on it. He’s smiling with renewed hope.
The next day he walks sadly (head down, exhausted) until he sees a cheerful scene: an angel-like lady selling colorful balloons at what looks like a park or carnival. His face lights up.
The “angel” happily offers him a bunch of balloons. In his imagination (or in reality), she has wings and a halo.
Text panel (the only words in the whole comic):
“Angel! Please grant me a small wish…
I want my father and mother to live in harmony.”
(Shown with the calm-looking house again.)
The parents are shown yelling at each other even worse than before. → The wish didn’t come true.
Final scene: The boy is standing on a beautiful arched bridge at sunset, holding his red balloon. He lets go of the tiny family photo he had kept. The photo flutters down toward the water while the “Angel of Hope” balloon floats away into the sky. A giant invisible hand (representing fate/God/the angel) reaches down and takes the balloon away. The boy watches it go with a sad but accepting expression.

Message of the story:
The little boy pinned all his hope on a magical “angel” balloon to fix his broken family, but in the end even that hope is gently taken away. Some things (like parents who refuse to get along) are beyond even a child’s purest wishes. It’s a bittersweet, tear-jerking commentary on children caught in unhappy or abusive homes who keep hoping against reality.

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